and for me as a congressional scholar in the congressional history these are red flag fire alarm moments. this is not something that happens in this congress. democrats and republicans do not work together to bring bills to the floor. there is a notion the partisan team works together to bring bills to the floor for what happeneded passes on the floor substances is a bipartisan deal or whatever it may be. those coalitions change. the mechanisms to bring bill to the floor to make the house operate for example, those were always partisan and have it for decades. when you start to see democrats and republicans working together to facilitate the basic operation of the house of representatives, everyone pause, everyone stop this is a radical change in the way the houses operated in the last 30 or 40 years. it is indicative of the type of a breakdown to see within the republican majority. republican majority is very, very fractured. it's fractured in a new way. the weight we are trying to get a handle on. typically look at congressional majorities they are fractured along regional lines youjo

the honorable deb fisher and chair women of the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies. the honorable amy club. as are the ladies and gentlemen, the presidency. let the united states the honorable donald john trump the the ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. please welcome the chair woman of the joint congressional committee on an honorable ceremonies the honorable amy club as are the good morning everyone. welcome to the 60 a presidential nog ration today. president elect trump and vice president elect bands will take their oath of office, and we will witness the peaceful transfer of power at the heart of our democracy of the for the past year of here, the inaugural ceremony committee, which includes the leadership of congress from both parties, we think the committee and capital staff and law enforcement who work so hard over the last year. and especially the last 3 days. you've done a beautiful job and you have shown grace under pressure. the theme this here is, are in during democracy. the presence of so many presidents and vice presidents here today is truly a

again, this is make ago big difference in my district, the second congressional district of connecticut, which is home of the oldest submarine base in our nation's history w. about 9,000 sailors, and many retirees serving in the area there. over 4,025 veterans in the district have filed pact act claims, more than double the rest of the congressional districts in the state of account d has made a meaningful difference in the lives of people who wore the uniform of this country. again, because of their service incurred service connected injuries that for many, many years had long been denied health coverage. i want to congratulate secretary mcdonough as he leaves his post for the swift implementation of the 2022 law. in addition, mr. speaker, on january 1, the department of health and human services announced a $2,000 out-of-pocket cap is going to be initiated for seniors on medicare part d program. again, 53 million seniors across the country use part d. because of the co-payment structure, many of them paid far in excess of $2,000 out of pocket. starting on january 1, because the inflat

because i get to put this into the congressional record, i want to say this, i love you, j. i have learned how lucky i am to have such good friends. finally, sophie and avon, i have learned how lucky i am to be your dad. you are now 15 and 18. over the years, you have come with me to fairs and festivals, parades and party events, you have met two presidents, and even talk about spongebob squarepants with president obama in the oval office. i hope some of those experiences are amazing memories for you just as they are for me weird having said that, as nourishing as this job has been in some respects, i know it has come with profound respect for our family. every musical recital i missed, every family dinner i was not therefore, the impact to our family. i want to thank your mom for supporting me personally and professionally. i want to thank her for supporting our family during some tough times, particularly when i was in washington, d.c. and though our marriage did not last, my gratitude to her does. sophie and aven, i am conscious i did not always deliver in the way i wante

tv's congress investigate series, which looks back at significant congressional investigations. this week, the iran-contra investigation. of 1987. joining us, jim townsend, director of the levin center for oversight and democracy. mr. townsend, in a nutshell. what was the iran-contra affair and how did it begin? well, the iran-contra affair was a scandal that erupted in 1986, 87. under the reagan administration involving and really com collects web of activity centered around an effort by the reagan administration to provide aid to the nicaraguan contras who were rebels, who were trying to overthrow a socialist government in nicaragua. the reagan ministration was devoted to trying to concern about what they thought would be soviet influence coming in to central america because of a socialist government in nicaragua. they were devoted to trying to overthrow that government. i'm fortunately for them, the congress did not agree and had passed several laws to prohibit the us government from aiding the contras. so the reagan administration, some senior officials in the reagan adminis

[applause] >> congressional researchers preview the 119 it is congress. they talked about the narrow republican majority in the house. the relationship between the new congress and the trump administration. campaign finance, and elon musk influence. in the senate -- >> where we look at he worked on the hill as an american political science association congressional fellow and he is currently writing a book on the history of congressional procedure and politics since 1879. a small topic for a small book, i'm sure. we look forward to it. and to his right is kevin. prior to joining aei kevin worked as vice president of policy, vice president of research partnerships and senior fellow and director of the governance project where i was also privileged to work for a time. he is the author and editor of several books including congress overwhelms, the decline in congressional capacity, and for many years he worked at the congressional research service. so he is a longtime hill veteran. so the tasks before us now is to think about what comes next. we had our disc

the congressional hispanic caucus is with you in that battle. even when we can't reassure that small 12 year old child that it'll be safe for now, but we ain't giving up. we're not. we stand united with you. thank you, chairman. >> again, dreamers, farm workers. construction workers, hospitality workers, hospital workers, and families. representative gabe vasquez. >> my name is gabe vasquez, and i'm a first generation mexican american raised in an immigrant family along the us-mexico borderlands in my hometown of las cruces, el paso and juarez. i've worked in almost every industry in our state, from working at the chili factory in deming to construction sites, working retail, and paying my way through school. like many of our families, i faced the challenges and struggles of homeownership, paying down medical debt, and so much more. in a district like mine, where poverty is high and opportunities are limited, people voted for a representative who understands their challenges and works to deliver real results. that's why as a border latino democr

congress' first ever congressional investigation happened in the late 1700s. and it resulted from a military defeat. congress wanted to know why the military had been defeated so badly by a group of native american tribal nations. so it asked the secretary of war for papers about the defeat. secretary of war knox didn't know exactly how to respond. at this early stage in the american republic, congress and executive branch were figuring out what separation of power means. secretary knox went to president george washington and asked how he should respond to congress' request for papers. president washington considered the question and decided that there was going to be times where the executive branch should not share information with either congress or the courts. the reason for that is because the executive branch, the president, has a need sometimes for private counsel from his advisers. the president needs to be able to receive candid advice and know that that advice will remain private. so washington decided that that was a situation that will probably be

that is another huge challenge to congressional authority. it would spark a clash between the two institutions. superfluous, i do not know. they will be stretch for sure. and how they respond to this. they have been far more eager to deny things in the past rather than to take awaypa things he sister that make sense. it will give things a legislative but they're not eager to undercut their president. it's a very, very difficult time for the first ranch for sure. this challenge more significantly than they have in recent years. cookssh for me answer this by saying if you go to understanding congress.org surf down just a little bit on the opening page you will see a post co-authored compass together data then coming trump administrationni has a significt number of members and former members ofor congress who will e working for him. you would hope that would be an asset barcoded between the branches. avoiding that miscommunication in the gapsti that have occurred during first trump administration and many ways has set the stage for a lot of figh

and alongside congressional leaders, he delivered for the american people. president biden delivered historic investments into our communities through the american rescue plan, the bipartisan infrastructure law, the chips and science act, and the inflation reduction act. just to name a few. these historic legislative packages unleashed hundreds of billions of dollars into our communities to get us moving and growing again. the national statistics may highlight the breadth and depth of this -- these historic investments, but no place speaks better to the generational change created by president biden's leadership like my home state of michigan. $13 billion in infrastructure funding that has flowed through michigan. 62 new clean energy projects, the most in the country, have been announced in michigan. over 400,000 new jobs have been created in michigan. so many in fact that detroit has been boasting its lowest levels of unemployment in nearly 50 years. with the largest investment in the great lakes in decades, nearly all areas of concern in michigan will be r

i'm a congressional historian. i like i like congress. i like studying congress. one of the things that makes congress so interesting is that it's it's traditionally not a parliament that is that you can get these distinctive members of congress from out of the way places. i did a biography of ernest greening was a democratic senator from alaska. a very left wing senator. you don't think of alaska as a particularly left wing state, strong critic of the vietnam war in the 1960s. and as we moved into this, this the current kind of politics that we have now, we've we've sort of lost that aspect of american political life. this next one, it's a little bit of a doozy. and i don't think that we're going to have time to totally answer it. but maybe you can give us a sneak peek into maybe where to look up resources for it. what is the history of the us capitol police origins mission future it's cetera. is it's this actually. it's relatively easy to find one of the great things about all of these federal agencies is that they have they have offices of historians. so you ca

pe 33rd congressional district choose not to be the representative and i will move on.hat's what i will continue to focus on. >> you have anything on that? >> one of the best thing the er on c-span 3 at 9:30 p.m. symposium over russia and china retiship. and later, at 2:00 p.m. eastern we will hear fromutgoing federal trade commission chair lina khan at the bokgs institution, you can watch our live coverage on c-span now video app or online at c-span.org. >> since 1979, in partnership with the cable industry, c-span has provided complete coverage of the halls of congress from the house and senate floors to congressional hearings, party briefings and committee meetings, c-span gives you a front-row seat to help how issues are debated and decided with no commentary, no interruption and completely unfiltered. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. ♪ ♪ >> democracy, it isn't just an idea, it's a process, a process shaped by leaders elect today the highest offices and entrusted to select few guarding its basic principles, it's where debates, decisions are made, democrac

we are under congressional control.re run the city, just like every other state in the country does. host: is your job impacted by administrations, republican or democrat? caller: no. not directly. but it could be because the idea that he's going to support initiatives that i care about, which is helping people in the city get ahead, we'll see if that's what he has interest in or if it's really just about helping billionaires. host: that's john calling in from washington, d.c. maya is next. little rock, arkansas. republican line. good afternoon, maya. maya? let's move on to ed. ed is an independent in ohio. ed, good afternoon. caller: hello. host: what are your thoughts so far on the -- new trump administration? caller: i'm glad for it. but i just wondering if anybody else noticed that he did not place his hand on the bible when he made his -- swore his allegiance to the constitution. why? i mean, why is he standing there with both bibles in her hand and he never placed his hand on that. i don't understand. host: that's

speaker, it is the honor much my life to serve the people of texas' 26th congressional district. my district encompasses, three counties all the way north to the oklahoma border. we have a tapes try of landscapes that reflects the best of texas. but what makes our district people. mr. gill: to the entrepreneurs driving innovation and health care workers to the educators, we are guided by our patriotic love of country. our district has a legacy of long leadership and i thank dr. burgess for his service. now today i honor the kind hard-working men and women who entrusted me to serve on their behalf. i am honored to call it my home and honored to be a representative in washington. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from louisiana seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, today i rise to recognize southeastern louisiana university

hemingway and honorable john thune and the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies, housethe honorable mike johnson, senate democratic leader, the honorable charles e. schumer, ranking member of the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies, honorable dib deb fisher and chairwoman on inaugural service connected moenys, on -- ceremonies, honorable amy klobuchar. [ trumpets playing ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president elect of the united states, the honorable donald john trump. [ cheering and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheering ] [ chanting "usa"] >> ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. please welcome, the chairwoman of the joint congressional committee for inaugural ceremonies, honorable amy klobuchar. [ applause ] >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the 60th presidential inauguration. today, president elect trump and vice president elect vance will take their oaths of office, and we will witness the peaceful transfer of power at the heart of our democracy. [ applause ] >> for the past year i've cheered the -- i've chaired the inaugural ceremony including leaders

congressional quarterly roll call, investigating overlook stories about how congress funds itself congressional workplace, capital security, and oddities of live liver branch. and caitlin is one of most thoughtful capitol hill reporters about process that goes intoil making laws and whole how things happen. and i think she has a great sinceen of history. as well. my second copanellist, gabe fleischer, journalist and founder of wake up to politics, a daily news letter which i recommend it started with one subscriber his mom. now -- has readers in all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, i think gabe takes time to look at whole output of congress. including the bright side. i'll be charging him with the defense. without further ado i yield myself as much time as i may consume to talk i about the big picture for 118. here are two different ways of thinking about the output of congress. you can see if we look at number of laws passed 118th was the lowest in recent history. it will go back to 1980s. and that's part of a downward trend to be fair congress is passing fewer laws that are longer i

please welcome the chairwoman of the joint congressional committee the honorable amy klobuchar.one. welcome to the 60th presidential inauguration. today president-elect trump and vice president elect vance will take their oaths of office and we will witness the peaceful transfer of power at the heart of our democracy. [applause] for the past year i've chaired the inaugural ceremony committee, which includes the leadership of congress from both parties. we thank the committee and capitol staff and law enforcement, who worked so hard over the last year and especially the last three days. you have done a beautiful job and you have shown grace under pressure. [applause] our theme this year is our enduring democracy. the presence of so many presidents and vice presidents here today is truly a testament to that endurance. we welcome president biden and dr. biden. we welcome vice president harris and doug emhoff. president obama, president clinton and secretary clinton, president bush and laura bush, vice president pence, vice president quayle and marilyn quayle. the justices of the un

thank you for all that you do on behalf of ohio's 13th congressional district. so once again, let me say congratulations to the cuyahoga valley national park on its 50th anniversary and we look forward to the 50th anniversaries to come. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. kaptur, for five minutes. ms. kaptur: mr. speaker, the pardons this week of violent felons who attacked our capitol, injuring 174 of our capitol police, were a sack are alage against our republic and our constitution -- sacrilage against our republic and our constitution. they were a violent attack on the rule of law. americans nationwide are outraged. 140 law enforcement officers were assaulted and 174 sustained injuries. officer brian sick knick died -- sicknik died. those who engaged in violence against law enforcement officers must be held accountable to the full extent of the law. i will soon introduce the brian sicknick officers protection act. this bill

as a congressional scholar who is really into congressional history, these are red flag fire alarm moments. this is not something that happens. kratz and republicans do not work together to bring bills to the floor. there is a notion that the partisan team works together to bring bills to the floor. what passes on the floor substantively, whether it is a bipartisan or a partisan deal -- those coalitions change. but the mechanisms to bring bills to the floor, to make the house operate, for example -- those are always partisan and have been for decades. we start to see democrats and republicans working together to facilitate the basic operation of the house of representatives. that is like -- what is going on? anybody stop. this is not a normal sort of thing. this is a radical change in the way the houses operated over the last 30, 40 years. and it is indicative of the types of breakdowns we see in the republican majority. we have a republican majority that is very fractured. it is fractured in a new way, a way we are trained to get a handle on. specifically, when you look at congressional m

[applause] did you all see that congressional hearing on anti-semitism? ran a lot of high-profile hearings over my time in congress, but this is truly the most morally bankrupt testimony that i have ever witnessed. and i asked each of the university presidents a simple question. it was not a political question. it was a moral one. that question was this. does calling for the genocide of jews violate your university's code of conduct on bullying and harassment. shockingly one after another after another, shock the world and answered "it depends on the context. and the world heard. let me be clear, it does not depend on the context. [applause] you asked that same question 23 hard-working constituents from my district, a farmer, manufacturer and suburban mom and they know how to answer that question. it is now the most viewed testimony in the history of the united states congress with billions of views and let me say it again, off to hereto down, sue many to go. they are fired. [applause] and this hearing showed the world what we already know. there was a ra

and he has already shown that he has little respect for congressional oversight. though i think that this nomination is badly flawed. i hope that the senate will not accept it. i have been through a number of those and starting with violating the policy of not paying your medicare taxes, this nomination in my view is an exhibit of what you should not have come before the floor of the united states senate. with that, i yield the floor. >> madam president. >> senator from idaho. a few detractors frame their policy preferences and i emphasis, policy preferences as if they are compliance issues with regard to his taxes. with regard to his taxes. sent followed all applicable law and met the finance committee's long-standing and rigorous diligent standard. the finance committee has the most rigorous standards for vetting nominees of any committee in this congress. having tax experts come in and evaluate tax returns with us. his diligence matched that geared he provided extensive supporting material for all of the attacks on him. including more than 3000 pages worth. he

. ♪♪ the house democrats talk about the presidential election certification congressional agenda during press conference on capitol hill. this is about windy minutes. happy yesterday. members of data in the chamber four years ago after a violent mob carry ammunition sought to overturn the results of the election 140 enforcement officers of the same time. only spent yesterday morning loved ones no longer with us as a result of the violent mob, kamala harris presided over the results of the election she lost. jimmy carter will lie in state at the capital this week. he was a great man, he was a good man. a graduate of the naval academy. he did amazing works after he left the presidency. we will all miss him and may he rest in peace. >> questions we will start with. if your name does not start -- you off the start next week. [laughter] up from 37. i want the future reaction to that increase in the number and talking about the bill with the broader verification. >> it is very clear that house republicans will motion anti- immigrant agenda. they will not come up before the judiciary committee

but it hurts me when i'm trying, as a democratic strategist to win a congressional race. this is the real impact of that decision. at the end of the day, you either believe in the rule of law or you don't. and i, to your point, when he pardoned his son, hunter biden, after he said he wouldn't do it and he politicized as much as anyone else, the. played that clip because that's making its rounds in social media. of you asking him that question and him saying, no, i wouldn't do that. but now republicans have all branches of our government and they have to govern. they're like the dog who caught the car. let's watch what they do. democrats, i tell you, step back, because there's going to be a lot of news every day on this channel and other channels, and you get to actually draw a contrast on what are you doing or you're not doing. i hope the debate's there, because if the debates around the pardons now, that's going to wash clean. >> so, jamie, something else. kaitlan collins is reporting that trump has terminated the security detail of john bolton, his own former national s

coming up thursday morning, we will discuss the incoming trump administration, and congressional news of the day, first with new mexico democratic congressman gabe vasquez of the armed services committee. and then indiana republican congressman of the foreign affairs committee, jim baird. c-span's washington journal, join in the conversation alive wednesday morning on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile app, or online at c-span.org. announcer: c-span, democracy unfiltered. we are funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> oh, you think this is just a community center? no, it's way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1,000 community centers to create wi-fi-enabled liftzones so students from low-income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. ♪ announr: comcast supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front-row seat to demoacy. announcer: vice president kamala harris arnold martin luther king jr. on what would have been his 90 sixth birthday during a breakfast in washington, d

they were an abuse of congressional oversight power. and they uncovered virtually no instances of communists infiltration. that does not mean that there was not communist infiltration. other investigations, others analysis has shown that there were people who had invest who had infiltrated the state department. the u.s. military, even the white house. but it turns out that senator mccarthy's investigations probably impeded the effort to try to root out the spies and and protect american national security and the integrity of our institutions. he really hurt that effort because he really wasn't interested in frankly, in succeeding, in finding these communists. he was really trying to promote himself and build his own political stature more than anything else. when senator mccarthy was elected in 1946, did he come in with this mantra of finding communists in the government? not initially. the record indicates that he was pretty quiet for the first three years of his service, beginning in 1947. it was only in in 1950 that he started to rea

he used his position as a congressional investigator to hold numerous hearings, both on private and in public to explore these allegations, and then to make further accusations about the infiltration of communist in american government and american sub society. >> mr. townsend, was the red scare a legitimate thing at that time in the late 40s, early 50s? >> i think it is hard to say what is legitimate and what is not. there is no doubt the historical record indicates that there was-- there were communists who were infiltrated and were spying on the united states, there is no doubt about that. the question is whether the investigations that senator mccarthy mounted were legitimate, where his tactics were actually fair and proper, and whether they actually found any evidence of communist infiltration? and the answer is really, no. they were not fair, not appropriate, a congress abusive of congressional power, and uncovered virtually no instances of communist infiltration. that does not mean there was not communist infiltration. other investigations and analyses have shown, there were peo

senior congressional correspondent chad pergram live on the hill with the latest. there. finally we have payoff. >> reporter: with a confirmed pete hegseth, the vote 51-50. vice president j.d. vance came to the capital to confirm the nomination. this is only the second time we've had a vice president cast the deciding vote on a cabinet secretary. mike pence back in 2017. there were three nose on the republican side of the aisle. we are not done with weekend action just yet. they are going to be back in action tomorrow at 9:30 in the morning and there's going to be a vote to confirm kristi noem as the secretary of homeland security. that will happen at 11:30. we expect her to get bipartisan support. then they will probably punt until early next week. next is the nomination of treasury secretary and the secretary of transportation. then next week we get into hearings for other nominees, some of the more controversial nominees, much like pete hegseth. two hearings for rfk jr. to be the health and human services secretary. also i noted that mitch mcconnell voted no on

bobby rush by about 24 points, lost his first congressional race, just like bill clinton lost first congressional race and. george w bush lost his first congressional race, knocked down on the ground. they get back up. barack obama tells the story. he couldn't even get into the democratic national convention. that was in los angeles. travels from chicago to the democratic national convention. can't get in. it's probably the chicago political machine and has to turn back around without setting foot in that convention. four years later, he delivers one of the most dynamic speeches inside the democratic national. in 2004 and then is elect then to the united states senate four years after that barack obama, of course, shatters one of the ultimate barriers and becomes the 44th president of the united states, america and. what i'll never forget is there were headlines from all across the country and the world. but the one that stood out to me was the headline from a a major newspaper in western europe that said america does it again, america does it again. and i think what was reflected there was, the

election 2024 brings no increase in women's congressional representation. in the peace you note that net counts are not the only indicator of success when it comes to progress of women in politics. walk us through some of the wins or some of those other factors or gains that women picked up in the november election. guest: absolutely. when we talk about representation, it's not just a number. there are particular ways in which we saw more and different types of representation for different types of women. on the republican side where there were not a lot of gains, we saw the election of the first woman to the house from north dakota. that is a state that will now have a different perception of who is in office. sarah mcbride became the first trans-woman in congress. as we have seen, unfortunately, in the news there has been backlash to that by some of her peers in congress, but she is demonstrating the ways in which i think quite respectfully navigating the space, talking about and demonstrating the importance of her presence. we will see that as policy deb

congressional version. in this house of representatives, every night needs a good squire -- every knight needs a good squire. you have been a super squire. team d.w.s. is one of the most prolific offices in this chamber and the big things, debbie's legacy is your legacy. we all know it. disaster relief. protect regular productive rights. advocating for immigrants' right, strong u.s.-israel relationship, navigating the covid crisis. but for me, the biggest legacy is all the funding brought backer in everglades. none of this was a guarantee. it took 20 years of work. when we started, you know, water was drying up in the everglades. water supply in south florida was a real challenge. you had roads that cut right through it. and you know, there was a lot of hope with surp back in 2000. would you that would have just been words on paper. how long until you started working the budget that makes that happen. six years? two years. two years. you are a super squire for all that. and debbie's legacy is your legacy. a

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paul had not had a debate since his first congressional race. i worked with the romney campaign to make sure that paul had the preparation he needed. but what was interesting is that it was very unlike the way they prepared governor romney in terms of the briefing materials. and it was a lot of time spent with paul. it was eight full mock debates where we had a stand-in for joe biden. we would prep him and had specific questions and scenarios to play out. paul was very hands-on. he edited all of the materials. it was a constant work in progress. and by the end of it, the briefing materials had an entire briefcase. it was a 40-pound case of briefing materials that would go on the plane every day. and as we were flying to the various campaign stops, paul would practice various parts of the debate. sometimes, he would review the materials. but it was a great example for me, particularly because paul was younger than i was when he first ran for office. he was truly inspirational. paul's encouragement when i told him after the election that i was con

as you mentioned, congressional leaders and the vice president making those speeches.ket, the coffin, will be laid in the rotunda for public viewing in about an hour. we had a few moments ago the 21 gun salute outside where i am, across the street. you can feel the reverberations of those huge cannons as all 21 went off. and, hail to the chief which president carter did not much like being played when he was in office, but that was played as the coffin was taken up the steps into the building. now we will begin that service with the chaplains of both the house and senate and attributes paid by congressional leaders. sumi: we can see the casket arriving in the rotunda. it is packed with dignitaries, members of the carter family, and some members of congress. the vice president will be delivering a eulogy. give us a sense, this is part of the six-day state funeral of what you think we can expect. gary: i think you will hear of warm, traditional words. it is a moment despite the incoming president elect trump, what he said earlier about resident carter. you will not hear

congressional reporters and researchers reflected on the unprecedented speaker election.ort to move judges through the senate bipartisan legislation the impact of cable news and social media. they make enterprise institute hosted this event. >> alright i will gavel us in here this morning. welcome to the american enterprise institute. my name is philip i am a senior fellow here in the department that studies social, cultural constitutional studies. the bigger picture on american politics and our political culture, and what ails them. welcome to everyone who trudged through the snow to join us in person. welcome to those of you watching on a live stream or c-span. we are here today to talk about the will be gone one 18th congress. will be gone defined by as one, and a deplorable state, synonyms dilapidated, derelict, godforsaken ramshackle run down. two, built with their deeply affected by woe synonyms sad, lamentable. that is my big take away for the one 18th. as a troubled congress in many ways. it was also a wild ride that's going to force textbook authors about congres

i cochair of multi- phased congressional working group. my question is mainly for catherine. i wanted to share quick observation was able to push some legislation major exception from thehe rule. that members would rally around a partisan legislation they knew for sure would not pass rather than co- sponsor a similar bill that was bipartisan for i specially saw that on criminal justice reform related bills. it almost felt like the ability to then blame the other party for this sale it was a prioritized of her chance of getting anything done. i'm wondering if your opinion if the whips are behind it. are we seeing some new trend of social media clout even more important these days. did you observe that to? >> is a question of incentives. does a member see the benefits of moving the bipartisan bill at the risk i talked about folks getting attacked for working across the aisle. to those outweigh what you can whip up whether financially, clicks, et cetera, eyeballs is really what we are talking about. railingst against when there isa common ground on an issue. ial do see that all

committee on inaugural ceremonies, the honorable deb fischer, and chairwoman of the joint congressionall ceremonies, the honorable amy klobuchar. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president elect of the united states, the honorable donald john trump. ♪ [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. please welcome the chairwoman of the joint congressional and verbal ceremonies, the honorable amy klobuchar. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the 60th presidential inauguration. today president-elect trump and vice president elect vance will take their oath of office and we will witness the peaceful transfer of power at the heart of our democracy. [applause] the past year, i have chaired the inaugural ceremony committee which includes the leadership of congress from both parties. we thank the committee and capital staff and law enforcement who work so hard over the last year, and especially the last three days. you have done a beautiful job and have shown grace under pressure. [applause] our theme this year is our enduring democracy. the presence of so many presidents and vic

that is what that is, they need $100 billion in congressional approval. >> if johnson is right and they can get all of this under one bill and get that done in the first 100 days i don't see why wait on the tax issues. i think they're much thornier than the border. certainly republicans are unified on the border issues. let's get done all of this. the reason trump wants this, his advisors no it's much harder to do two bills than one. by the way lindsey graham may have issues on taxes. we are more of a majority in the senate we could lose one or two senators, republican senators and still get this done. we have no flexibility in the house whatsoever so they have to take their lead a little but were. maria: that's the issue they cannot lose easily and they have a slim majority last time to reconciliation packages were done was under newt gingrich that was the speaker of the house. and they were able to get it done but that a much better majority. a bigger majority when newt gingrich was a speaker. >> i think the american public is looking for massive change for how the sausage is made in

and it was put into the congressional record. and reverend york simmons is going to read excerpts from that. >> from pardoned power and peace, by reverend wells. our president has appointed this first day of 1942 as a day of prayer, of asking forgiveness for our shortcomings of the past, of consecration to the tasks of the present, of asking god's help in days to come. we are to pray for three gifts from god. pardon, power, and peace. pardon for past shortcomings. power for the present task of achieving victory. and peace, enduring peace by god's help in days to come. he continues -- by far our greatest sin as a nation is the sin of internationaler responsibility. we want our country and our people to have power and prestige, pleasures and possessions, but we balling at the international responsibility which those privileges impose. thanks to the foresight of our president, we are not entirely unprepared in a military way for this war. but spiritually, we are in bad shape. pearl harbor resulted in a new national unity based on re

from their green new deal regulatory agenda, to their refusal to work with congressional republicans to pass commonsense legislation, it's seen that washington democrats were more interested in scoring political points than actually helping americans. the biden administration's failed policies ushered 16 million illegal immigrants into the country with no proper vetting or background checks. they spent billions of hard-earned taxpayer dollars trying to implement an electric vehicle mandate that the majority of americans are not interested in. they oversaw the catastrophic withdrawal of afghanistan with no remorse for failures. there's a reason that president trump and congressional republicans are trusterred more on border security, comet and lowering crime. i will work to advance president trump's agenda and commonsense solutions which reflect arkansan values in the nation's capital, not an out of touch agenda that picks winners and losers. i hear and agree with kansans when they say congress needs to get our fiscal house in order and make this government efficient again. today our

i have watched from the congressional side from time to time, administrations in both parties, sometimes the department of state has been sort of relegated to a secondary role because some other agency can move faster or seems to be bolder or more creative. it's not your fault. but we're going to change that. we want to be at the centerpiece, we want to be at the core of how we formulate foreign policy, because we're going to have the best ideas of any agency and because we're going to execute it better and faster and more effectively than any other agency in our government. and i know we have the right team to do it. there's no other agency in the world, there's no other agency in our government that i'd rather lead. because of the talent that's collected here in this room and those watching around the world. that will be our mission and i hope we will be able to do it together. there will be changes. but the changes are not meant to be destructive. they're not meant to be punitive. they're not -- the changes will be because we need to be a 21st century agency that can move by cliche th

simon replaces barbara lee in representing california's 12th congressional district.sident elect donald trump tells abc news he is likely going to grant tiktok a 90 day extension to avoid a ban in the u.s. tiktok says the app, which has 170 million american users, will go dark sunday. that's all because of a bipartisan congressional law meant to protect american privacy. it effectively bans tiktok unless it severs ties with its china based parent company by tomorrow. the company, bytedance, has refused to sell. up next skiing for a cause this weekend, palisades tahoe is supporting relief efforts for people affected by the wildfires in southern california. >> just another beautiful day around the bay. and how long can this weather last? i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up in just a moment. a victory that is there for the taking. grab it. now that was a great halftime speech. let's go win. [jim valvano] don't give up. don't ever give up® "the doctor will see you now." but do they really? do they see that crick in your neck? that ache in your heart? will they se

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there are congressional republicans not pleased with some of what he did today.s two senators want to keep the name of the mountain denali and not switch affect about mckinley because alaska native said they wanted it changed. there are other concerned about changes that he might try to make on electric vehicle mandate so we'll see how much. >> norah: thanks for your reporting today. president donald trump promising to carry out what was central issue of his campaign, cracking down on illegal immigration. wanted to learn about how his policies are impacted american cities. cbs's lilia luciano is in chicago one of the cities bracing for raids. >> i will declare a national emergency. >> president trump moved quickly to block existing legal pathway. he shut down the app which allowed nearly a million immigrants to enter at ports of entry. all existing appointments request asylum are canceled, including the one for mark alice tinoco. "i don't know what my life will be." the incoming administration has promised the largest deportation in american history. crackdown in

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more than half a dozen local congressional representatives. you are taking a live look right now at the fire station, where the president is expected to arrive any minute now. he is expected to wrap up his trip at around 6:00 tonight. good afternoon. i'm audrey asistio. welcome to nbc bay area news at 4:30. we are following several other headlines today, including two cal maritime students in the hospital this afternoon after being shot at a gas station. everything that led up to the shooting and the search for the gunman. plus, does apple pay men and women differently? a new lawsuit claims it does. the plaintiffs and what's at stake for the company and newly opened and ready to help those in need. we have a look inside the largest homeless shelter in santa clara county. let's go ahead and talk about those ice agents. they have made arrests in san francisco. one student even reported that they were approached by an agent while on the muni bus. that sighting is now under investigation. our sergio quintana has been following the story all day fo